Jose Mourinho to rest these three Man United stars for EFL Cup clash against Northampton

REST: Jose Mourinho is set to give three of his big players a breather against Northampton

Mourinho is expected to rest Paul Pogba, David De Gea and Eric Bailly against the League One side, according to the Manchester Evening News.

All three players started the defeats against Manchester City, Feyenoord and Watford but they are unlikely to be replaced by the club's academy products.

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Sergio Romero, Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Ashley Young, Michael Carrick, Memphis and Jesse Lingard are all in contention to feature against Northampton at Sixfields but Under-23 team captain Axel Tuanzebe is set to miss out.

Mourinho made eight changes for the Europa League game against Feyenoord and five for the Watford game so a raft of changes are likely.

The fringe members of Mourinho's squad who were not included in the squad to face Watford on Sunday took part in a training ground friendly against the club's Under-18s.

Juan Mata has warned his United team-mates it is vital they beat Northampton to stop the rot following three defeats on the spin.

He said: "We must react.

"First of all, we visit Northampton Town in the EFL Cup, in our first game of the season in this competition.

"We are the favourites in this game and we have to deliver, with all due respect to the opponent because, despite being in League One, Northampton Town has already knocked out a Premier League side like West Brom.

"I’m sure the stadium will be packed and they will try to make things difficult for us."